Don't leave your medical decisions to chance if you're incapacitated. The value of an Advanced Care Directive.

As a nurse, Kim Von Asten of Dousman, Wis., knows it’s important to document how you want to be cared for at the end of your life, or when you can no longer speak for yourself because of a major ...

Advance health care directives are legal documents that outline a person's preferences for medical treatment in case they are unable to communicate those decisions themselves. These directives not onl ...

The California Advance Health Care Directive and the Stanford Health Care Advance Directive are good examples. Look at a few, ...

An advance health care directive is a legal document that outlines your preferences for medical care if you become unable to speak for yourself. One of its most important components is naming a ...

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In the past five years, health care professionals and patient ... our study showed. For example, many people assumed that advance directives are expensive, require a lawyer to complete like ...